I Gave My Baby To a Stranger In a Church Nursery—and Found Lifelong Friendship
It all started at a garage sale. Do you know how many stories I could tell where the opening line…
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Continue ReadingThis is hard, this season of life. Marriage is hard. Not hard like when our babies were young. When hard…
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Continue ReadingI gave birth to twin girls nearly 14 years ago. Born in the same minute out of the same womb,…
Continue ReadingAfter all these years, my dad still calls me his Butterfly. I was given the name as a young child…
Continue ReadingYou fell asleep on me today. The kind of sleep that feels heavy, relaxed and slumped over—all your weight pushing…
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Continue ReadingI love hindsight. We all know that the experience of pregnancy, childbirth and the beginnings of raising a new little…
Continue Reading“You chose to have kids, so stop complaining.” These words—it seems they’re everywhere lately. On the lips of skeptical strangers,…
Continue ReadingOn one unassuming morning in July, the weight of motherhood wrapped its tiny fist around my finger and has never…
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